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Book of Psalms


Psalm 84

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

King James Version

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.1

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http:// eword. gospelcom .net/ comments/ psalm/ gill/ psalm84.htm
3. Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary - Vol.3 pgs. 827,828

TITLE

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. More2

 

INSCRIPTION

The Targum renders it here, as there, "to praise upon the harp that was brought from Gath;" and of the sons of Korah, It was, very probably, written by David; to whom the Targum, on Psalm 84:8, ascribes it; though it does not bear his name, the spirit it breathes, and the language in which it is written, show it to be his. The inscription of it, in the Syriac version, is, "for the sons of Korah, when David meditated to go out of Zion, to worship in the house of God: and it is called a prophecy concerning Christ, and concerning his church," as it undoubtedly is.2



SYNOPSIS OF PSALM 84

Psalm 84 was composed by David, the Lord's "anointed", at a time when he was exiled from Jerusalem. It is a passionate lyrical expression of devotion and love for the house of Jehovah and His worship. The psalm seems to describe the blessedness of those who dwell in the sacred precincts (vs. 1-4, 9-11); the blessedness of those who make pilgrimages to the sanctuary (vs. 5-8); and the blessedness of those who, deprived of the privilege of actually worshiping in God's house, nevertheless put their trust in God. The pathos of this tender poem is enhanced by the elegiac rhythm in which the Hebrew lines are cast. The sentiments of this exquisite sacred lyric are more than personal: they are the deepest sentiments of every child of God who, deprived of the privilege of communion with fellow Christians, has ever longed for fellowship with his brethren in the corporate worship of God. Psalm 84 may be compared with Psalm 42. It is said that Isabel Alison and Marion Harris, Scottish Covenanters, sang the words of Psalm 84 to the tune "Martyrs" as they went to the scaffold.3

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